Growing up I spent a lot of time with my mother. We liked all the same TV shows and had very similar personalities, so we hung out a…
Being the mom of kids with autism often feels like one of those cartoons in which someone is walking along (often whistling) and unsuspectingly drops through a trap…
I am registered to go to three blogging conferences in the next six months. My instinct with hotel arrangements is to get my own room because (a) I’m…
Today I was giddy when I looked at the calendar, for the first time in a long time. It hasn’t been that many years since this date filled…
Nerdguy and I are in the process of starting testing for ADHD. We have joked about having it for quite awhile now. Not really joking though. More like…
I remember when we were first starting to wonder about Maggie. That summer that she regressed and was so often “in her own little world.” The big scary…
I do this thing where I invite people over, either for social occasions or as a meeting location. And then I want to fake my death to get…
So it seems that my mental health is a lot like a house of cards. Flimsy card houses do not fare particularly well in a breeze. The wind…
It was a big weekend here for our family. (Well, not for Nerdguy because he was sick in bed all weekend.) I took the girls to get their…
I was washing the dishes in the kitchen last night, listening to Maggie playing in the yard, happily enjoying the gorgeous weather that we have been blessed with.…